DGML: Shopteeks marketplace has approximately 500 active boutique sellers
Elliot DGML · ECommerce SaaS Hits $1.5m after Co-Founder Replaced Herself · Aug 14, 2023 · at 8:25
Elliot DGML explains the marketplace network effect and boutique vendor base to Nathan Latka.
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“So we have like 500 boutiques selling on the marketplace.”
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